if (!matchFiltersServlet(filterMaps[i], servletName))
continue;
ApplicationFilterConfig filterConfig = (ApplicationFilterConfig)
context.findFilterConfig(filterMaps[i].getFilterName());
if (filterConfig == null) {
// FIXME - log configuration problem
continue;
}
boolean isCometFilter = false;
if (comet) {
try {
isCometFilter = filterConfig.getFilter() instanceof CometFilter;
} catch (Exception e) {
// Note: The try catch is there because getFilter has a lot of
// declared exceptions. However, the filter is allocated much
// earlier
}
if (isCometFilter) {
filterChain.addFilter(filterConfig);
}
} else {
filterChain.addFilter(filterConfig);
}
}
// Return the completed filter chain
return (filterChain);
}
可以将如上代码分为两段,51行之前为第一段,51行之后为第二段。
第一段的主要目的是创建ApplicationFilterChain对象以及一些参数设置。
第二段的主要目的是从上下文中获取所有Filter信息,之后使用for循环遍历并调用filterChain.addFilter(filterConfig);将filterConfig放入ApplicationFilterChain对象的ApplicationFilterConfig数组中。
那ApplicationFilterFactory类的createFilterChain()方法又是在什么地方被调用的呢?
是在StandardWrapperValue类的invoke()方法中被调用的。
由于invoke()方法较长,所以将很多地方省略。
[java]
public final void invoke(Request request, Response response)
throws IOException, ServletException {
//...省略中间代码
// Create the filter chain for this request
ApplicationFilterFactory factory =
ApplicationFilterFactory.getInstance();
ApplicationFilterChain filterChain =
factory.createFilterChain(request, wrapper, servlet);
//...省略中间代码
filterChain.doFilter(request.getRequest(), response.getResponse());
//...省略中间代码
}
public final void invoke(Request request, Response response)
throws IOException, ServletException {
//...省略中间代码
// Create the filter chain for this request
ApplicationFilterFactory factory =
ApplicationFilterFactory.getInstance();
ApplicationFilterChain filterChain =
factory.createFilterChain(request, wrapper, servlet);
//...省略中间代码
filterChain.doFilter(request.getRequest(), response.getResponse());
//...省略中间代码
}
那正常的流程应该是这样的:
在StandardWrapperValue类的invoke()方法中调用ApplicationFilterChai类的createFilterChain()方法———>在ApplicationFilterChai类的createFilterChain()方法中调用ApplicationFilterChain类的addFilter()方法———>在ApplicationFilterChain类的addFilter()方法中给ApplicationFilterConfig数组赋值。

根据上面的代码可以看出StandardWrapperValue类的invoke()方法在执行完createFilterChain()方法后,会继续执行ApplicationFilterChain类的doFilter()方法,然后在doFilter()方法中会调用internalDoFilter()方法。
以下是internalDoFilter()方法的部分代码
[java]
// Call the next filter if there is one
if (pos < n) {
//拿到下一个Filter,将指针向下移动一位
//pos它来标识当前ApplicationFilterChain(当前过滤器链)执行到哪个过滤器
ApplicationFilterConfig filterConfig = filters[pos++];
Filter filter = null;
try {
//获取当前指向的Filter的实例
filte